work against the clock
基本解释
- v. 搶在某一時刻前完成工作
英汉例句
- Sharpen your reflexes and work your technique flight for a race against the clock panting.
爲了爭取比賽的時間要加強你的反應能力竝提高你的飛行技巧。
www.wda.com.cn - Right now , the number 1 task is to work against the clock to save lives. Every single minute and every single second counts.
“現在第一位的工作是抓緊時間”救人，多爭取一分一秒的時間就可能多搶救出一個被睏者。”
blog.sina.com.cn - They work against the clock to get the meat on the table while the animal it came from (usually fish, shrimp, squid, etc) is still alive and twitching.
在這些海鮮被撈起來後（通常是魚、蝦、魷魚、或是其它），他們就必須爭分奪秒地在它們還活著，能掙紥的時候取得肉。